Paul Bettany Is A 'Gangster' in the Han Solo Movie

Solo : A Star Wars Storyactor Paul Bettany say his case in the Ron Howard - directed spinoff film is an " intergalactic gangster . " Bettanystepped in to theSoloroleafter original actor Michael K. Williams was dropped ahead of the motion-picture show ’s all-encompassing reshoots ( reports say as much as 80 % of the moviemay have been reshotby Ron Howard after original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were canned ) .

Though Ron Howard was generous in floating annoyer from the lot ofSolo , flex his societal mass medium accounts into must - follows forStar Warsfans everywhere , not very much is actually cognise about the picture ’s plot or character reference . Only recently did lover get theirfirst glance of star Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo , and that was via an trope print on the side of a collector ’s cup ( just to give an idea of the level of secrecy surround the movie ) .

Paul Bettany was predictably grilled about his role inSoloduring his coming into court at Rhode Island Comic Con this weekend ( where healso teaseda forthcoming " badass"Avengers : Infinity Wartrailer ) , but naturally the actor was less - than - forthcoming when it fall to offering details . Bettany has stack of practice at evading questions after being in a few MCU movies as The Vision , so it ’s no surprise he skillfully side - stepped query about hisSolorole . Though Bettany would n’t cough up his character ’s name when asked , articulate he does n’t want to be sued , he did drop what qualify as a minor tidbit by hinting at his character ’s professing ( viaAIPT ! ):

“ Ya know , evidently , I ’m a very cool intergalactic mobster . ”

Back when Michael K. Williams was still bet the office Bettany now has , rumors circulated that his character was themain villainof the story . Bettany ’s depiction of the purpose as a " mobster " could be seen as confirmation that the character is in fact nefarious , and might even be the main villain . It ’s also potential Bettany was playing with the audience a fleck and his character is n’t anything at all like an " intergalactic mobster . "

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Thanks to Ron Howard ’s tantalization and the few hints dropped by Bettany and other actors , we are able to shape something like a picture of whatSolois going to be : It will involveSolo ’s homeworld of Corellia . Han’ssmuggling skillswill issue forth into play . The story select placein " do-or-die and unsafe times . “TheSpice Mines of Kesselwill somehow be involved . There ’s afight scenein a cantina . The Empirewill get inon the action . We also experience Han Solo willhave a mentorin the somebody of Woody Harrelson ’s Beckett . Nothing is know about Emilia Clarke ’s theatrical role , except that she ’s " awesome"according to Clarke .

Five or six more vague lead and perhaps some obsessive fan will be able-bodied to tack together together what the totality ofSolo : A Star Wars Storyis about .